Regional seroreactivity and vector-borne disease Co-exposures in dogs in the United States from 2004-2010: Utility of canine surveillance

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 724-732

  Yancey, Caroline B ^a   Hegarty, Barbara C ^b   Qurollo, Barbara A ^b   Levy, Michael G ^b   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^b   Weber, David J ^c,d   Diniz, Pedro P V P ^e   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Bartonella; Borrelia; Dirofilaria; Ehrlichia; Rickettsia; Surveillance; United states

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VECTOR BORNE DISEASE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANAPLASMA; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COINFECTION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; LYME DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912018544     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2014.1592     Document Type: Article

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